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Social Reconciliation: Re-establish Post-conflict Social Ties in Kendeng Mountain Area 1 st Hartati Sulistyo Rini Sociology and Anthropology Department Faculty of Social Sciences) Universitas Negeri Semarang Semarang, Indonesia [email protected] 2 nd Ihda Ayu Maratussholihah Sociology and Anthropology Department) Faculty of Social Sciences Universitas Negeri Semarang Semarang, Indonesiai [email protected] Abstract-This study discusses the efforts of community reconciliation after the conflict in the plan to build a cement factory in Sukolilo District, Pati Regency, Mount Kendeng Area.The purpose of this study was to determine the background of the emergence of a conflict over the plan to build a cement factory in Sukolilo, to find-out the social conditions of post-conflict communities, and to discover post- conflict community reconciliation efforts. This research uses qualitative research method; based on observation, in-depth interview, and documentation techniques. The results show that the emergence of conflicts caused by differences of opinion related to the pros and cons over the plan of the construction of a cement factory in Sukolilo District. There are still suspicions among member of the communities and they anticipate of the conflict re-emergence. Social relations among ordinary people of this communities in the began to improve, but reconciliation was difficult to achieve among leaders of the movement groups. The top-down reconciliation efforts have been undertaken by several parties, namely communities, government, PT Semen Gresik and the mass media. Besides that, people also improving bottom-up reconciliation by using their ties in everyday life. Keywords-cements factory, postconflict, reconciliation, socialties I. INTRODUCTION In 2006 the community began to be disturbed by the construction plan of a cement factory by PT Semen Indonesia (PTSI). The need for cement raw materials to meet national cement needs has prompted a policy to expand business by building a new plant in the North Kendeng Mountains area of Sukolilo District. Positive response was received by Pati Regency Government and Central Java Provincial Government. Unfortunately, this is not in line with the wishes and approval of the local community, especially the residents of Sukolilo. In the Sukolilo community itself then divided into two, there are the community groups that refused and the community groups that supported the cement factory. Rejection efforts were carried out by holding demonstrations and legal efforts with the support of the Wahana Lingkungan Hidup (WALHI) Foundation (NGO) to sue the environmental permit issued by the government[1]. Various rejections and lawsuits eventually made PTSI leave Sukolilo in 2009. The frictions occurred between groups that refuse and groups that support cement factories are not only limited on the building plans a cement factory but extend to community life activities. Even after the verdict to thwart the construction of this cement plant, the tensions among the groups of people in Sukolilo doesn't just disappear. The efforts are made to bring peace back to the society. Based on this explanation, this study aims to find out the phenomena in Sukolilo District related to cement factory conflict, such as : the background of the emergence of the conflict: the social conditions of the community after the conflict; and reconciliation efforts after the conflict. II. MATERIALS AND METHODS This study used qualitative research methods. Symptoms observed in qualitative research are comprehensive so that qualitative research establishes research in the overall social situation under study which includes aspects of places, actors and activities that interact synergistically[2]. This research was carried out in two villages that became candidates for the location of cement raw material mining and the location of the construction of cement plants, namely Kedumulyo Village and Baturejo Village. These two villages are the location of the study because it have the highest intensity of conflict between their communities among other villages that are candidates for the location of the cement factory. Data is generated from primary sources (observation, interviews, and documentation) and secondary sources (mass media articles). Data analysis techniques used in this study are interactive data analysts [3]. III. FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION 1. Mount Kendeng and Karst in Socio-economis and Enviromental issues Sukolilo District located at the southern of Pati Regency which is 27 kilometers from downtown Pati. From all villages in Sukolilo District, there are 7 villages which are planned to be used as the location for construction of cement processing plants and mining of PTSI cement raw materials, namely Kedumulyo, Gadudero, Sukolilo, Baturejo, Sumberseko, Tompegunung, and Kasiyan. The location of Kedumulyo Village is right on the southern path of Pati-Grobogan which lies extending along the slope of the Kendeng Mountains with an area of 2,323 ha. Whereas Baturejo Village is 4 kilometers away with Kedumulyo Village. Kedumulyo Village is a village that will be used as a cement raw material mining location and PTSI factory construction. While Baturejo Village is used as a raw 68 Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research (ASSEHR), volume 208 1st International Conference on Social Sciences and Interdisciplinary Studies (ICSSIS 2018) Copyright © 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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  • Social Reconciliation: Re-establish Post-conflict

    Social Ties in Kendeng Mountain Area

    1st Hartati Sulistyo Rini

    Sociology and Anthropology Department

    Faculty of Social Sciences)

    Universitas Negeri Semarang

    Semarang, Indonesia

    [email protected]

    2nd Ihda Ayu Maratussholihah

    Sociology and Anthropology Department)

    Faculty of Social Sciences

    Universitas Negeri Semarang

    Semarang, Indonesiai

    [email protected]

    Abstract-This study discusses the efforts of community reconciliation after the conflict in the plan to build a cement

    factory in Sukolilo District, Pati Regency, Mount Kendeng

    Area.The purpose of this study was to determine the

    background of the emergence of a conflict over the plan to

    build a cement factory in Sukolilo, to find-out the social

    conditions of post-conflict communities, and to discover post-

    conflict community reconciliation efforts. This research uses

    qualitative research method; based on observation, in-depth

    interview, and documentation techniques. The results show

    that the emergence of conflicts caused by differences of

    opinion related to the pros and cons over the plan of the

    construction of a cement factory in Sukolilo District. There

    are still suspicions among member of the communities and

    they anticipate of the conflict re-emergence. Social relations

    among ordinary people of this communities in the began to

    improve, but reconciliation was difficult to achieve among

    leaders of the movement groups. The top-down

    reconciliation efforts have been undertaken by several

    parties, namely communities, government, PT Semen Gresik

    and the mass media. Besides that, people also improving

    bottom-up reconciliation by using their ties in everyday life.

    Keywords-cements factory, postconflict, reconciliation,

    socialties

    I. INTRODUCTION

    In 2006 the community began to be disturbed by the

    construction plan of a cement factory by PT Semen

    Indonesia (PTSI). The need for cement raw materials to

    meet national cement needs has prompted a policy to

    expand business by building a new plant in the North

    Kendeng Mountains area of Sukolilo District.

    Positive response was received by Pati Regency

    Government and Central Java Provincial Government.

    Unfortunately, this is not in line with the wishes and

    approval of the local community, especially the residents

    of Sukolilo. In the Sukolilo community itself then divided

    into two, there are the community groups that refused and

    the community groups that supported the cement factory.

    Rejection efforts were carried out by holding

    demonstrations and legal efforts with the support of the

    Wahana Lingkungan Hidup (WALHI) Foundation (NGO)

    to sue the environmental permit issued by the

    government[1]. Various rejections and lawsuits eventually

    made PTSI leave Sukolilo in 2009.

    The frictions occurred between groups that refuse and

    groups that support cement factories are not only limited

    on the building plans a cement factory but extend to

    community life activities. Even after the verdict to thwart

    the construction of this cement plant, the tensions among

    the groups of people in Sukolilo doesn't just disappear. The

    efforts are made to bring peace back to the society. Based

    on this explanation, this study aims to find out the

    phenomena in Sukolilo District related to cement factory

    conflict, such as : the background of the emergence of the

    conflict: the social conditions of the community after the

    conflict; and reconciliation efforts after the conflict.

    II. MATERIALS AND METHODS

    This study used qualitative research methods.

    Symptoms observed in qualitative research are

    comprehensive so that qualitative research establishes

    research in the overall social situation under study which

    includes aspects of places, actors and activities that

    interact synergistically[2]. This research was carried out

    in two villages that became candidates for the location of

    cement raw material mining and the location of the

    construction of cement plants, namely Kedumulyo Village

    and Baturejo Village. These two villages are the location

    of the study because it have the highest intensity of

    conflict between their communities among other villages

    that are candidates for the location of the cement factory.

    Data is generated from primary sources (observation,

    interviews, and documentation) and secondary sources

    (mass media articles). Data analysis techniques used in

    this study are interactive data analysts [3].

    III. FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION

    1. Mount Kendeng and Karst in Socio-economis and

    Enviromental issues

    Sukolilo District located at the southern of Pati

    Regency which is 27 kilometers from downtown Pati.

    From all villages in Sukolilo District, there are 7 villages

    which are planned to be used as the location for

    construction of cement processing plants and mining of

    PTSI cement raw materials, namely Kedumulyo,

    Gadudero, Sukolilo, Baturejo, Sumberseko,

    Tompegunung, and Kasiyan. The location of Kedumulyo

    Village is right on the southern path of Pati-Grobogan

    which lies extending along the slope of the Kendeng

    Mountains with an area of 2,323 ha. Whereas Baturejo

    Village is 4 kilometers away with Kedumulyo Village.

    Kedumulyo Village is a village that will be used as a

    cement raw material mining location and PTSI factory

    construction. While Baturejo Village is used as a raw

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    Copyright © 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

  • material mining site. As part of the Kendeng mountain

    area, this region has unique natural appearance

    characteristics, namely as a karst region. [4]Karst area has

    a function as a reservoir of ground water in large

    quantities and as a habitat for various types of flora and

    fauna, so that if there is mining activity causes damage /

    loss of river hydrological functions which include

    underground rivers and springs, caves and flora- fauna

    found in and around the karst area. Fig.1. shows the

    appearance of the Kendeng mountains and surrounding

    paddy fields as a candidate for the built location of the

    cement factory.

    Fig. 1. Site location of cement factory in Sukolilo

    2. Sukolilo’s cement conflict

    Infrastructure development always carried out an

    impact on the high demand for materials in building

    construction. One important element is the availability of

    cement. This reasoning to be the factors behind the effort

    to build a cement factory in a considered potential region.

    In this case, certain areas identified as a wealth of natural

    resources that are used as raw material for making

    cement. Karst natural wealth owned by North Kendeng

    Mountains attracts PTSI to invest.

    Initially, the community did not know about the

    building plan of a cement factory in Sukolilo. The

    community only often hears that a lot of land in

    GunungKendeng is bought by land brokers who are

    building a company to plant castor trees (tanamanjarak).

    The castor tree was used to make bio-diesel as alternative

    fuels, because there was a scarcity of oil-fuel. After

    intense socialization from the company to the village

    community, especially for landowners, the community

    had realized that a cement processing factory and cement

    raw material mining activities would be built in the

    Sukolilo District.

    The presence of PTSI in Pati Regency was also

    welcomed by the governor of Central Java, who at that

    time was held by Bibit Waluyo. He stated that the

    construction of a cement plant would have a positive

    impact on the local community. The positive response

    from the government turned out to be inversely

    proportional with the response of the local community.

    The Sukolilo community is split into two groups, there are

    the group that agrees and the group that does not agree

    with the plan to build a cement factory.

    In accordance with the procedure to every business

    activity that have a significant impact on the environment,

    it must have an environmental impact analysis (AMDAL).

    PTSI as a state-owned enterprise also conducts

    environmental research to prepare an AMDAL. In

    connection with the emergence of some people's rejection

    of the construction of the factory, the results of the

    AMDAL analysis were used as arguments by : the

    company, the government and those who supported the

    construction of a cement factory. PT Semen Gresik

    appointed the UNDIP Environmental Research Center

    (PPLH UNDIP) to conduct research related to mining

    materials exploration and the feasibility of building a

    cement factory.

    This study states that the Kendeng Mountains are

    suitable for mining. The team recommended the

    construction of a cement plant as a conditional[5].

    Furthermore, it was stated that in the seven villages

    planned to be used as mining areas there were only six

    water springs and two dry caves.

    The people who reject the construction of a cement

    plant in this case do not agree with the results of the

    PPLH UNDIP research team appointed by PTSI. The

    community then conducted their own research in Kendeng

    Mountains to examine the number of water springs stored

    in there. The study was also conducted by UGM, UPN

    and ASC (Acintyacunyata Speleogical Club) UPN. The

    contradictive results stated that in this region there are 79

    active water springs, and there are 39 springs that have

    been measured to have a water discharge of 1,009.36

    liters per second and 24 caves, 15 caves of the number of

    caves those found to have water sources and 12 of them

    are in exploitation areas[6]. Based on that research, UGM

    and UPN rejecting the construction of a cement factory in

    Sukolilo District. If exploitation is still carried out, it will

    threaten the availability of water in Sukolilo District

    because the water discharge will decrease every year and

    the water will be cloudy during the rainy season.

    These conditions divide the community into two

    parties that are conflicting, there are the pros and cons

    parties[7]. Each party has a reason to strengthen their

    opinion. The pro-cement factory is those who have bought

    the land of the farmers in the site of the factory

    construction with a very large amount and low prices;

    assumption of socio-economic improvement of citizens

    after a cement factory; and prosperity issues

    (infrastructure will improve and migrants will return to

    work in a cement factory). While the counter parties to the

    cement plant are those who live from agriculture and are

    worried about lack of water as bad impact of cement

    factory; people who do not believe in government

    promises because they are always used as an objects;

    distrust of economic improvement that promising in a

    cement factory because they have not had the skills to

    work in the industrial sector and local residents will be

    replace by the stranger.

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  • Each of the pros and cons parties is gathering support

    and lobbying with agencies or institutions to participate in

    their struggle. In general, [8]the cement conflict in the

    Kendeng Mountains divided the group into two camps,

    namely supporters (PT Semen Indonesia, the Government,

    supporting communities) and rejecters (WALHI, LBH,

    JMPPK, community rejecters). The counter party in its

    action formed a post and a house of struggle.

    Conflict plans for the construction of a cement

    factory in Sukolilo Sub district are divided into vertical

    conflict and horizontal conflict. Vertical conflicts occur

    between the people who reject the cement factory facing

    the government and PTSI. Vertical conflict between the

    community and the government was triggered by

    people's disappointment at the attitude of the Pati

    Regency government that fully supported the mining

    plan and the construction of the PT Semen Gresik

    cement plant by issuing a Regional Mining Permit

    (SIPD). The protest action was also directed at the

    village government that would be used as a factory

    location because the village government was involved in

    the process of land acquisition and the socialization of

    the plan to build a cement factory. Protests by the

    community also often end in violence.

    As a result of vertical conflict horizontal conflicts

    arise. Horizontal conflicts occur as a result of opposition

    between the people who refuse and the people who

    support the presence of PTSI. Community groups who

    refuse of cement factory concerns about environmental

    impacts caused by the mining process and construction

    of this factory. In the other side, community groups that

    support cement plants tend to have a positive economic

    impact on PTSI's presence. Horizontal conflict was

    characterized by the destroyed of people social relations.

    Meanwhile, the growth of solidarity among groups who

    have similar opinions are enhancing.

    The contradiction regarding the agreement and

    disagreement of the community encourage the planned

    construction of the PTSI factory continues to a higher

    level, that is the court level. The community alliance

    which rejected the cement factory was represented by

    WALHI in its lawsuit against the licensing office of Pati

    Regency and PTSI. In filing this lawsuit, WALHI

    authorized the Environmental Care Advocacy Team

    consisting of YLBHI-LBH Semarang and LPH

    YAPHI[9]. The escalation of the conflict between the

    pro and contra parties of the construction of the cement

    factory is also a sign of the strengthening of social ties

    within each faction involved in this conflict. The identity

    of the in group and out group is also increasingly visible

    in this situation, as a result the consolidation in the group

    also increases. Thus, conflict without group will increase

    internal cohesion within the group[10].

    Various processes are passed by the conflicting

    parties. Residents who refused through the Kendeng

    Mountain Community Care Network (JMPPK) then filed

    a lawsuit with the Semarang State Administrative Court

    to revoke this exploration study and win, then PTSI

    appealed to the Surabaya State High Court and won,

    until JMPPK appealed again to the Supreme Court (MA)

    in the middle 2009 and won, while PTSI had decided to

    leaveSukolilo before an MA decision [11].

    3. Social condition of the Post-conflict community

    Based on the results of the study, after conflict,

    community social condition in Sukolilo Sub district

    shows that social ties cannot return to normal. This can

    be seen in the public relations that began to blend in but

    still insisted on their opinions, and still held suspicion.

    Post-conflictSocietyascharacterized by multiple

    transition processes from war to peace [12]. The

    transformation of war-torn societies into peaceful, stable

    and more prosperous ones is an immensely complex

    task, often susceptible to contradictory pressures and

    concomitant risks of a relapse into violence [13].

    The social relations of the post-conflict community

    are gradually improving. The community has been able

    to adjust and accept the decision regarding the

    withdrawal of PTSI from Sukolilo. After PTSI officially

    pulled out from Sukolilo, both the people who supported

    it and those who refused began to stop the tensions. As

    time went on, the dividing divides between the pro and

    the people who opposed the cement factory also began

    to melt. There is no more tense village atmosphere like

    as it ever happened when the conflict explode.

    Village leaders also provide a role in efforts to

    restore the condition of the community. Although village

    leaders also have divided in to different sides, they also

    give an understanding to the community. The

    understandings were given to the community not to re-

    open the conflict of the cement factory in overt way.

    Relations between communities gradually returned to

    peace even though it was difficult to eliminate feelings

    of hatred in the hearts of the community towards other

    groups. Conflicting communities begin to blend in and

    interact well, but these two groups are still unable to

    unite opinions. The people who reject the cement plant

    remain adamant in their opinion regarding the rejection

    of the construction of the cement plant, and vice versa.

    In addition to the negative effects felt by the

    community, the conflict also had a positive impact on the

    local community. As a result of the conflict caused by the

    arrival of PTSI the community became more aware of the

    legal process and the growing awareness to protect the

    environment.

    In terms of understanding the legal process, the

    community becomes more aware of how the law works

    along with the stages. The opening of public knowledge

    about the crucial legal decisions that have binding and

    formal legal powers is also being understood by the

    public. This then made the participation of the community

    strong in guarding the dispute trial process with PTSI

    which at that time was running. They are not reluctant to

    take to the streets and provide support for the proceedings

    that are in the court.

    The awareness aspect of preserving the environment

    also began to be felt by citizens in relation to this conflict.

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  • Incessant environmental issues are always voiced by

    community groups who reject cement factories to

    encourage public awareness to preserve the natural

    environment of the Kendeng Mountains. This makes

    people see the importance of planting culture, and the

    culture of caring for plants. Without the availability of

    water, surely this will be difficult to materialize. As a

    result, there will be a threat to the decline in food

    availability for residents and the increasingly difficult life

    in the village. The threat of reduced water supply that

    residents can enjoy is also a serious problem if the cement

    development project is continued. These environmental

    and water issues also have an impact on awareness of

    timber theft behavior. That the preservation of forests,

    flora and fauna in them is an important part that supports

    people's lives.

    Leaders in the mass of rejecters and those who support

    cement factories are the key figures in the society's

    opposition. Communities that only become mass

    movements will be easier in the stage of conflict recovery.

    The community has begun to make peace and can interact

    with each other intensively, the community also no longer

    identifies themselves as members of one group. Different

    conditions are shown by figures who are the motor of

    movement. The figure who had been the leader of the

    community movement in an effort to refuse or support the

    cement factory was still in a good distance with fellow

    figures and the general public. For example, people who

    only become a mass of repulsive cement movements have

    been able to blend in and have a good relationship with

    the mass movement of supporters of the cement factory,

    but this cannot be fully done with the figure who is the

    motor of movement to support the cement factory. There

    are still boundary dividers between the general public and

    movement figures in the cement problem, even though

    they have interacted like mutual greetings, people who

    reject cement factories still limit themselves and are

    suspicious of the activities of cement supporting figures.

    Likewise, the community that supports the cement factory

    is still limiting themselves to the figure who is the motor

    of the movement to reject the cement factory.

    4. Conflict reconsiliation efforts

    The period after the verdict is an important period of

    society because it is in the initial condition towards the

    direction of reconciliation. Awareness of improving social

    ties is very important for each community group. Both

    community groups must agree to close the conflict and

    restore peace. Communities who are pro-cement must

    accept the fact that PTSI is not feasible to establish a

    factory in Sukolilo District. Likewise, the people who are

    counter-cement must accept the pro-cement community in

    their social relations.

    The social conditions of the post-conflict community

    have not been able to fully recover as it was before the

    emergence of the cement factory issue. Therefore, post-

    conflict reconciliation efforts continue to be carried out in

    order to achieve peace in the community. Reconciliation

    is a process of mutual acknowledgment of past suffering

    and changing of destructive attitudes and behavior into

    constructive relationships toward sustainable peace[14].

    Reconciliation is a long-term process to overcome

    hostility and mutual distrust between the two conflicting

    groups[15]. Reconciliation was taken to restore the

    harmonious condition of the community as usual.

    Reconciliation is a process through which a society moves

    from a divided past to a shared future and is more useful,

    as a process that redesigns the relationship[16].

    Reconciliation was taken by various parties including

    the government, community, PTSI and the mass media.

    The mediation are taken by the government in conflict

    reconciliation efforts. Mediation was carried out by the

    local government of Pati Regency by bringing together

    supported and opposed groups in the cement factory

    building plan. Reconciliation was also carried out by

    cooperating with security forces. Security forces, both the

    police and the TNI, were deployed to maintain the peace

    of actions carried out by the villagers, for example during

    demonstrations by both the people who refused and

    supported the cement factory. The security apparatus is

    also assigned to maintain the conduciveness of the village

    community and prevent violence between conflicting

    parties. Reconciliation carried out by certain institutions

    or the government is a reconciliation approach that is

    carried out by a top down system [16] and usually a

    stronger party will resolve the conflict politically[17].

    Reconciliation with a top-down approach results only in

    the surface layer and does not touch all levels of society.

    This reconciliation approach by the government only

    focuses on negotiations between the conflicting parties

    and not trying to improve social relations in the

    community. The top-down tendency of reconciliation to

    conflict puts the community in the position of being an

    object without being able to build awareness of

    reconciliation originating from the potential of the

    community itself[18].

    Reconciliation was also carried out by PTSI by

    creating a community peace institution. The job of this

    institution was to facilitate the meeting of the two

    conflicting groups in joint deliberations. This mediation

    activity was carried out by the company as a form of

    corporate responsibility towards the Sukolilo community.

    The mass media as parties outside the conflict were

    also involved in reconciliation efforts during the conflict

    over the construction of a cement plant such as mediation

    carried out by Kompas. Unfortunately this mediation and

    communication effort finally failed because between

    groups of people could not find a solution to the problem.

    The involvement of the mass media in several cases in

    African countries has had a significant influence.[19]

    Through the television program, that recognition of the

    other was an important part of the conflict resolution

    process as workshop members recognized their “enemies”

    and Kenyans from disparate parts of the country as similar

    to themselves in their experience of the violence. But

    apparently the use of mass media was not quite successful

    in the Kendeng case.

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  • In other ways, the community also takes part in the

    reconciliation process. Reconciliation carried out by the

    community through the economic and social fields. In the

    economic field, reconciliation is held in agricultural and

    trade activities. After the conflict in the construction of a

    cement factory, cooperation between the community,

    especially in agriculture, no longer links individual

    alignments in the conflict of the cement factory. Farmers

    from the pros and cons parties are willing to work with

    people who are in need of their skill. They are no longer

    consider about the partisanship of landowners in past

    conflicts. Whereas in trade activities, reconciliation was

    carried out by the community by removing the shop label

    for pro people and shops for those who refused cement.

    Reconciliation in trade activities aims to increase

    community interaction as a seller and buyer.

    Reconciliation carried out by the community also took

    place in the community social field. Some of these

    activities are patrol (ronda/siskamling), RT meetings,

    mutual cooperation, and daily interactions in coffee shops.

    The patrol itself is carried out per dukuh in Kedumulyo

    which is held regularly every night. Each RT also held a

    meeting to minimize the impact of the conflict on the

    community. This activity aims to build a sense of

    togetherness and harmony in the community. The activities

    carried out by the community as a media for reconciliation

    involve the principle of mutual cooperation among

    residents, such as sambatan and rewang. Sambatan is

    mutual cooperation carried out in the construction of

    houses. Rewang is cooperating in preparing individual

    important events, such as : marriage party, circumcision

    party, funeral. Interaction in the coffee shop is also quite

    important, considering that this place which used by the

    community to talk about daily life, on the sidelines of

    farming. Fig. 2. shows how the everyday life’s interaction

    and conversation was tied in the coffee shop.

    Fig. 2. Interaction in coffee shop

    The people who originally felt awkward and distant,

    gradually dissolved in quite intense conversation. To

    reduce tension, the conversation starts with light things and

    is related to everyday life. Each party in this condition

    refrained from discussing matters related to prior bias.

    Reconciliation by the community is included in a bottom-

    up approach model[16]. The bottom-up approach is more

    to take advantage of cross-community improvement

    relationships for conflict healing. From this approach it is

    expected that the parties to the conflict have the space to

    be together and communicate so that solidarity is expected

    to be created in the community. Reconciliation efforts that

    arise from the community itself tend to be more effective if

    both parties are voluntarily conflicting and agree to resolve

    the conflicts that have occurred and restore the harmony of

    society as before.

    This reconciliation effort carried out by citizens is also

    related to the forgiveness model[20], which is in the

    redefinition phase of social identity and the phase of

    willingness to build new relationships. In this phase of

    redefinition of social identity, the community is willing to

    not identify too much into a particular community group.

    Reconciliation in this phase is carried out with

    communities who begin to change their point of view

    towards other groups and try to accept the presence of

    community members from opposing groups in their social

    life. This phase is characterized by the absence of debates

    that cause friction between groups of people who reject

    and who support the cement factory. Members of

    community groups have received and are aware of the

    conflicts that occur by removing sentiments towards other

    groups. Kedumulyo and Baturejo villagers actively

    engage in intensive interaction even though social ties

    have not returned as closely as before. This community

    reconciliation process is also based on forgiveness efforts

    from both parties.

    In the phase of willingness to build a new relationship,

    reconciliation is marked by community efforts to build

    more intense relationships or social contacts between

    groups. People in this case must be open to each other and

    offer new life that is more harmonious, or at least live side

    by side, mutual respect and tolerance. The return of

    cooperation and mutual cooperation to the villagers of

    Kedumulyo and Baturejo indicates that there is a desire

    from the community to improve relations after the

    conflict. Especially supported by the social conditions of

    the people who share the Javanese culture so that it is

    easier to unite the community.

    Facilitating post-conflict dynamics of forgiveness and

    reconciliation may be helpful for promoting sustainable

    peace, restoring human relationships, and bringing to an

    end the spiral of violence [21].

    The reconciliation process in this community also

    faces obstacles that are reflected in various forms of social

    vulnerability. The first forms of community vulnerability

    is the anticipation of the community against the return of

    the cement factory. Anticipation is still being carried out

    by community groups that reject cement factories because

    of the natural resource wealth possessed by the Kendeng

    Mountains region. There is still the potential for other

    threats to the sustainability of Kendeng Mountains. This

    form of anticipation is carried out while maintaining the

    vigilance of the community groups who are members of

    the JMPPK while still carrying out routine meetings or

    they called it Selapanan.

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  • The second form of vulnerability is the existence of

    suspicious among the people. For example : pro-cement

    activities are also considered to be still funded by the

    company. These suspicions remaining the hampered in

    reconciliation process among community groups.

    Rebuilding peace in post-conflict community held

    through strengthening social capital could starts with a

    trust contextualization between communities[18].

    Therefore trust is an important factor for the process of

    reconciliation. The third form of vulnerability is the many

    problems that are always associated with the conflict.

    Many moments in the community are then always

    associated with the pros and cons of the cement factory.

    One of them was during the election of the village head in

    Kedumulyo Village to the election of the regional head of

    Pati Regency. The election of village head is also separate

    based on each candidate's partiality in the cement factory.

    The social relations which had been destroyed by the

    factory construction have yet to be fully recovered.

    Improvement of post-conflict social relations can be done

    gradually with the commitment of both parties to the

    conflict to work together so that social harmony can be

    achieved. Reconciliation is more about improving the

    quality of communication and trust among group

    members. So there needs to be a special effort

    continuously which is aimed at improving communication

    and understanding between identity groups [22].

    It can be argued that reconciliation, at least in its full

    form, presupposes conflict resolution: a long-term,

    cooperative relationship, based on mutual acceptance and

    respect, is not likely to take hold without a peace

    agreement that addresses the fundamental needs and sense

    of justice of both sides [22]. For this reason, a consistent

    peace effort is needed to maintain a conducive situation in

    the community. Because reconciliation is not only limited

    to the elite or community leaders, it requires a

    comprehensive commitment from all elements of society,

    in this case the general public also plays an important role

    in reconciliation efforts to restore peace and maintain

    social harmony. In the technical context of implementing

    reconciliation, at least it contains elements of change such

    as : long, deep, and broad [16]. As a long-term process,

    there is no quick fix to reconciliation, and society needs

    time. A deep procces demands changes in our aspirations,

    our emotions and feelings, perhaps even our beliefs. It

    also a very broad process, applies to everyone, to

    community.

    IV. CONCLUSION

    Through various reconciliation processes, initiated by

    the government; PTSI factories and the community itself;

    a bottom-up reconciliation process was considered as

    most improving people’s interaction. Significant results

    can be achieved by reconciliation with a bottom up

    approach because there is active participation from the

    community. The characteristics of rural communities

    based on mutual cooperation and kinship are also things

    that are able to encourage the reconciliation process. The

    challenge that must be faced by the community at this

    time is there is still a social distance between villagers,

    especially occurring among the figures of the movement

    of each community group. This community reconciliation

    process still faces vulnerability, given the dynamics of the

    conflict regarding the establishment of this cement can

    still continue.

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